Picturing the History Behind Of Mice and Men

     
      For a moment the place was lifeless, and then two men emerged from the path and came into the opening by the green pool.
     They had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other. Both were dressed in denim trousers and in denim coats with brass buttons. Both wore black, shapeless hats and both carried tight blanket rolls slung over their shoulders. The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely.
     The first man stopped short in the clearing, and the follower nearly ran over him. He took off his hat and wiped the sweat-band with his forefinger and snapped the moisture off. His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself.

    The beginning of the book sounds very familiar. I can envision the two men (one big and one small) walking down a long road. They were probably tired and hungry. It reminds me of the picture of Highway 84. What reminds me of the picture is the path that these men are walking on. I imagine it looking the way it looks in the pictures. The text and the photographs show us how different life was back in the 1930s. By the way the author described the clothing that the men wore, you can tell that there is a difference between the way they dressed in the 1930s and the way we dress now!